Browns Bay is one of the most northernmost suburbs in the contiguous

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metropolitan area, located in the North Shore. Named after the Brown family who settled here in 1876, Browns Bay became a holiday destination in the late 19th century. The area gradually developed into a suburb of Auckland in the 1950s, and was the administrative centre for the East Coast Bays City from 1975 until it was disestablished in 1989. During the 1990s, the suburb became a hub for the South African New Zealander community.

Geography

Browns Bay is located in the

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of the North Shore, between

Waiake Waiake is one of the northernmost suburbs of the North Shore, in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the East Coast Bays between the suburbs of Browns Bay to the south and Torbay to the north. It has a beach (named Waiake Beach), which l ...

and

Rothesay Bay Rothesay Bay is a small suburb in Auckland's East Coast Bays region. The suburb is roughly the same size as Murrays Bay, the suburb to the immediate south. Geography Rothesay Bay is located in the East Coast Bays of the North Shore, bet ...

. The bay looks out to the

Hauraki Gulf The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2,Rangitoto,

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and

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. A small stream, the Taiaotea Creek, flows east through the suburb towards the Hauraki Gulf. The soil in Browns Bay is primarily formed from clay and

Waitemata sandstone The Waitemata Group is an Early Miocene geologic group that is exposed in and around the Auckland Region of New Zealand, between the Whangarei Harbour in the North and the Raglan Harbour in the South. The Group is predominantly composed of deep ...

, which can be seen in the cliffs along the coast. Prior to human settlement, the inland Browns Bay area was primarily a northern broadleaf podocarp forest, dominated by

tōtara ''Podocarpus totara'' (), commonly known as the , is a species of Podocarpus, podocarp tree endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island, South Island and rarely on Stewart Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura in lowland, ...

mataī ''Prumnopitys taxifolia'', the mataī () or black pine, is an endemic New Zealand coniferous tree that grows on the North Island and South Island. It also occurs on Stewart Island / Rakiura (47 °S) but is uncommon there. It grows up to high ...

, miro,

kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside '' Wollemia'' and ''Araucaria'' (being ...

and

kahikatea ''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides'', commonly known as kahikatea (from Māori language, Māori) and white pine, is a Pinophyta, coniferous tree endemism, endemic to New Zealand. A Podocarpaceae, podocarp, it is New Zealand's tallest tree, gaining hei ...

trees.

Pōhutukawa Pōhutukawa (''Metrosideros excelsa''), also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, or iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the Myrtus, myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow o ...

trees were a major feature of the coastline. By the 1870s, the area was primarily scrubland, with significant amounts of

mānuka Mānuka (; ''Leptospermum scoparium'') is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family (biology), family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and south-east Australia. Bees produce mānuka honey from its necta ...

and tutu.

History

Māori history

Māori settlement of the

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began around the 13th or 14th centuries. The North Shore was settled by

Tāmaki Māori Tāmaki Māori are Māori ''iwi'' and ''hapū'' (tribes and sub-tribes) who have a strong connection to Tāmaki Makaurau (the Auckland Region), and whose rohe was traditionally within the region. Among Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (the M� ...

, including people descended from the ''

Tainui Tainui is a tribal waka (canoe), waka confederation of New Zealand Māori people, Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki Māori, Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapo ...

'' migratory canoe and ancestors of figures such as Taikehu and Peretū. Many of the Tāmaki Māori people of the North Shore identified as

Ngā Oho Ngā Oho, also known as Ngā Ohomatakamokamo-o-Ohomairangi, is the name of a historical iwi (tribe) of Māori who settled in the Auckland Region. In the 17th century, Ngā Oho and two other tribes of shared heritage, Ngā Riki and Ngā Iwi, form ...

. While the poor soils of Browns Bay hindered dense settlement, traditional resources in the area included fish, shellfish and marine birds. While there are few recorded names for the Browns Bay area, one traditional name, ("Clear Environment") is the recorded name for the creek that flows into Browns Bay. The warrior Maki migrated from the

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to his ancestral home in the

, likely sometime in the 17th century. Maki conquered and unified many the Tāmaki Māori tribes as

Te Kawerau ā Maki Te Kawerau ā Maki, Te Kawerau a Maki, or Te Kawerau-a-Maki is a Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Predominantly based in West Auckland (Hikurangi also known as Waitākere), it had 251 registered adult members as of J ...

, including those of the North Shore. After Maki's death, his sons settled different areas of his lands, creating new

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

. His younger son Maraeariki settled the North Shore and

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, who based himself at the head of the

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. Maraeariki's daughter Kahu succeeded him, and she is the namesake of the North Shore, ("The Greater Lands of Kahu"), Many of the iwi of the North Shore, including

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, Ngāti Maraeariki, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Poataniwha,

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and

Ngāti Whātua Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa ...

, can trace their lineage to Kahu. By the 18th century, the

Marutūāhu __NOTOC__ Marutūāhu (also spelled, Marutūahu or Marutuahu) is a confederation of Māori ''iwi'' (tribes) in the Hauraki region (the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Plains) of New Zealand. The confederation comprises the tribes ...

iwi

Ngāti Paoa Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

had expanded their influence to include the islands of the

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pā The word pā (; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori people, Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive :wikt:terrace, terraces – and also to fo ...

site associated with the Ngāti Tai Manawaiti chief, Te Hehewa. After periods of conflict, peace had been reached by the 1790s. The earliest contact with Europeans began in the late 18th century, which caused many Tāmaki Māori to die of , respiratory diseases. During the early 1820s, most Māori of the North Shore fled for the

Waikato The Waikato () is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the nort ...

or Northland due to the threat of war parties during the

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. Most people had returned by the late 1820s and 1830s.

European settlement

In 1841, the

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purchased the Mahurangi and Omaha blocks; an area that spanned from

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. The purchase involved some iwi with customary interests in the area, such as Ngāti Paoa, other Marutūāhu iwi and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, but not others, such as Te Kawerau ā Maki or Ngāti Rango. The Crown spent until 1873 rectifying this sale, by making further deals with stakeholders. The first European land owner in Browns Bay was

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, who purchased Allotment 189 ( Ōkura to Browns Bay) in 1864, believing that there was coal in the area. The search for coal was unsuccessful, so Campbell sold the land in the 1870s. During this period, Māori from Whangaparāoa would camp at Browns Bay when travelling south, and developed fenced cultivations around the Glencoe Road hill, growing melons,

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and

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. In 1876, Peter Brown purchased an 136 acre property, where he settled with his family, clearing scrubland. The Brown family developed a dairy farm, orchards, a vineyard, an apiary and grew crops including carrots. The suburb was named after Peter Brown, and the Brown family operated a guest house in the 1880s for holiday-makers visiting the beach. The roads to Browns Bay were poorly maintained clay tracks, so most visitors to the area came by stream ferry. While the area became more popular over the summer months, the permanent population remained low. The first school in the area opened in 1888. The area grew in the early 20th century, after the construction of a new wharf, better roads, and the tram from

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. The Taiotea Boating Club, the first recreational boating club in the East Coast Bays area began operating from Browns Bay circa 1902. In 1916, the Brown family subdivided their farm, and by 1919 holiday homes had started to be constructed. A post office opened in 1919, using the name Taiaotea, and in 1926 the settlement was officially named Browns Bay. The area grew slowly in the 1920s, primarily due to the difficulty of reaching Browns Bay. Despite this, Browns Bay became the focal point for life for the communities of the East Coast Bays area. In 1925, the 555 Cabaret and Cinema opened on Clyde Road, named after a popular brand of cigarettes. The cabaret club became very popular with boaties and holidaymakers, and for a while the area became known colloquially as Naughty Bay. The area remained popular with holidaymakers and campers into the 1930s and 1940s. In 1936, a major storm damaged the wharf, a dam and buildings in Browns Bay, and the wharf was never rebuilt. During the

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of the 1930s, a Government work scheme helped develop the roads to Browns Bay, which helped grow the area after

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. During the war, machine gun emplacements were constructed along the beach, and wire entanglements were constructed as a defence. Pillboxes were constructed along the Browns Bay Esplanade and at Nigel Road.

Suburban development

By the late 1950s, Browns Bay transitioned from being a holiday community to a suburb of Auckland, after the construction of the

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. By 1945, ten shops had opened in Browns Bay, and in 1946 Freyberg Park opened as a venue for local sports groups, and by the 1950s a roller skating rink became a popular attraction to Browns Bay. In the early 1950s, manufacturing businesses began operating in Browns Bay, with as a concrete roof tiling business that used local sand, and the clothing manufacturer Ambler & Co. Also in the 1950s, the area also became a centre for boatbuilding and repair, when John Spencer and Keith Atkinson set up workshops on Bute Road. Spencer pioneered many new techniques for the construction of lightweight boats and yachts. Browns Bay was the home of the East Coast Bays Borough. In the early 1970s, the East Coast Bays council buildings were constructed, and in 1975 the borough became East Coast Bays City. In the early 1990s, Browns Bay Mall was opened, and the soap opera ''

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'' began filming in the suburb from 1992. In the early 2000s, the East Coast Bays City Council developed a beachfront esplanade along Browns Bay. Browns Bay became a hub for the South African New Zealander community in the 1990s, with

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becoming the second-most spoken language in the suburb by 2003.

Local government

From 1876 until 1954, the area was administered by the

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, a large rural county north and west of the city of Auckland. In 1954, the area split from the county, forming the East Coast Bays Borough Council, which became East Coast Bays City in 1975. Browns Bay was the administrative centre of the East Coast Bays Borough and later city. In 1989, the city was merged into the

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. North Shore City was amalgamated into

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in November 2010. Within the Auckland Council, Browns Bay is a part of the

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local government area governed by the

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. It is a part of the Albany ward, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.

Amenities

*Freyberg Park was opened in 1946 as a mixed use sporting ground. It was named after

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recipient and then-

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Bernard Freyberg Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a United Kingdom, British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the List of g ...

. *The Browns Bay Beach Reserve is an area of parkland adjacent to the beach. The reserve has the only skatepark in the East Coast Bays, and a popular walkway runs through the reserve, connecting Browns Bay to

Campbells Bay Campbells Bay is a suburb of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore located in Auckland, New Zealand. Geography Campbells Bay is located in the East Coast Bays of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, between Mairangi Bay and Casto ...

in the south. *The Stone of Remembrance is an

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memorial located on the Browns Bay waterfront, which was unveiled in 1968. *Sherwood Reserve, a wetland reserve and park developed in the 1970s. The park is known for its

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-themed playground. *The Village Green, a central park in Browns Bay that was developed in the 1970s.

Sport and recreation

*The

East Coast Bays Barracudas The East Coast Bays Barracudas is a rugby league club based in Browns Bay, New Zealand. Currently, they compete in the Sharman Cup, the second division in Auckland Rugby League. Coached by Ken McIntosh and managed by Cameron Dick, the "Cudas" ar ...

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club is based in Browns Bay. *The Browns Bay Bowling Club began operating in the suburb in 1943.

Demographics

Browns Bay covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Browns Bay had a population of 10,311 in the

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, an increase of 315 people (3.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 885 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 5,022 males, 5,238 females and 51 people of other genders in 3,573 dwellings. 3.3% of people identified as

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. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,803 people (17.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,896 (18.4%) aged 15 to 29, 4,953 (48.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,662 (16.1%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 61.6%

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(

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); 5.3%

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; 2.2% Pasifika; 33.8% Asian; 3.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 92.0%, Māori language by 0.8%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 37.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 56.2, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 32.5%

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, 0.9%

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, 1.0%

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, 0.3%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 1.5%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.1%

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, and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.9%, and 6.2% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,427 (28.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,552 (41.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,875 (22.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $45,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,410 people (16.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,497 (52.9%) people were employed full-time, 1,113 (13.1%) were part-time, and 225 (2.6%) were unemployed.

Education

Browns Bay School is a contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of students as of . The school was established in 1888. Harbour College is a

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school (years 7–10) in Browns Bay with a roll of students as of . The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts was a private composite (years 1–13) school which ran specialist programs in visual arts, music, drama and dance as well as the general curriculum. It opened in 2001, and went into receivership in 2016.

Notable residents

* Ryk Hattingh, South African playwright, author and journalist * Michael King, New Zealand historian * Jelal Kalyanji Natali,

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shopkeeper, Indian community leader and

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activist. * John Spencer, New Zealand boat designer.

References

Bibliography

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External links

Official Browns Bay Website

Photographs of Browns Bay
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